Traffic stop traumatizes family: Couple handcuffed, dog shot to death over lost wallet

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Saturday, January 4, 2003

[Republic of Texas]

Here's the synopsis of the Chief's statement:

PLEASE DON'T SUE US!!

[Mulder]

PLEASE DON'T SUE US!!

Exactly!

[Libertina]

1. Close the door so the dogs don't get out
2. I don't have to. Quiet.
3. We had to shoot the dog because he got out.
These cops are too arrogant to think clearly. Horrible behavior.

[Travis McGee]

My understanding is that this was not a PIT bull dog, but a loveable slobbering dim witted ENGLISH bull dog.

[xm177e2]

We have plenty of facts. It was police negligence which put them in a situation where they felt they needed to shoot the dog. The police are to blame, whether or not at the moment the officer was justified in pulling the trigger.

[Bella_Bru]

We had one it was the sweetist dog I have ever run across

English bulldogs are the biggest sweeties in the world. They seem to only have two speeds though. Slow and sleep. ;-)

[MattAMiller]

Imagine a USA where only the police have legal arms

Yeah cause it would have been so much better if there'd been a shoot out. Look the police need to able to arrest you it's necessary for civilization to work. That makes it vitally important for us to make sure they are held accountable for abuses of that authority. But the 2nd amendment was not written to make a fair fight for anyone who doesn't like being brought before the law.

[maica]

A few years back I was stopped by a couple of L.A. jackass cops when I was in LA LA land. The first one saw me running across a deadend side street from a pay phone to a car parked at the curb on the other side of the street, jump in the car and pull into traffic. Obviously, very suspicious and dangerous activity.

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They thought they had a 'collar' and just hated to be proved wrong. Also hassling a law-abiding citizen is so much easier, than dealing with the usual nothing-to-lose perp.

I am amazed that there are any reasonable cops left on forces where their attempts at keeping the scum off the streets are so thwarted by our laws and/or judges.

We all as citizens have allowed this situation to evolve. I see it just getting worse. Fireman, in contrast, have a positive aura and their recruits are first-class. I don't see how police forces can expect to attract enough intelligent people with integrity when the job is so undermined.

[Quilla]

I wonder if Sen. Edwards will be available to take their case.

[Darnright]

"We have plenty of facts."

You miss my point. I am disgusted beyond reason that this dog was killed. However, I was addressing the fact that many people on this thread jumped to the conclusion that the dog killed was an ENGLISH bulldog. Might have been, then again, might not have been.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"More stupid, macho, trigger happy cops who shouldn't have made the force to begin with."

For people with a high school diploma of GED and four months of a technical training school, they sure are a cocky bunch. I know people who attended a four month technical training program, some became hair dressers. No, wait, hair dressrs attend six month schools.

[Travis McGee]

Oh yes, they will treat us with much greater respect and dignity if they know we have been disarmed totally.

Just like in the Soviet Union, Cuba, Nazi Germany, China, North Korea, Rwanda etc.

[Bella_Bru]

I live in Cali, Travis. I do not have to imagine at all. A bunch of new laws went into effect in Jaunary that force you to jump through so many hoops you might as well not bother.....which is just what they want.

[Travis McGee]

Pay $25 to the state to get a "permit" to buy a pistol? No thanks.

[HighWheeler]

That is an excellent point.

Stupid begets more stupid, just as the way the Democrat party is never challenged by the press gives harbor to all the criminals, liars, cheats, socialists, etc. and has sent the party of the RATs into the sewer.

The press is insistant on keeping the Pubs clean, however, so Spiro Agnew resigns, Nixon resigns, Bob Packwood, Trent Lott resigns, Newt, Bob Livingston, etc. and the party stays far cleaner and far more honest.

[Stew Padasso]

A report cam from Davidson County - was it from this guy:

http://www.hegecountry.com/

[Stew Padasso]

[maica]

You also have made some good points: the very people who are seeking to beat the republicans are helping to keep us 'honest.' And thus they are instrumental in keeping us stronger. I love the irony!

[snowstorm12]

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[sneakypete]

Any respect, I have left for cops is going away fast.

I'm sorry to say I lost mine years ago,and it happened in Cookesville,Tennessee. It was 1967,and I was driving cross country back to Bragg after having served on Okinawa for a couple of years. Visited a buddy teaching ROTC in Reno,Nv,and bought a 56 Caddy Coupe de Ville to play "Hud" with as I drove cross country. Was stopped at a closed gas station outside Cookesville and taking a nap when the local cop tapped on my window with a night stick. SOB took me into custody for "suspiscion of car theft" because I didn't have a title to the Caddy,only a bill of sale and temporary registration. I also didn't have a title for the 1934 Plymouth I was pulling that I had bought in Flagstaff. Next morning I was told that if I posted a 50 dollar bond they could let me go,"pending the successful investigation of ownership". I didn't have the 50 bucks,so they kept me a total of 71 hours before lettting me go,and telling me I had a hour to get out of the county before I would be arrested again for loitering. Oddly enough,both the 34 Plymouth I was pulling and my tool box had mysteriously "dissapeared" from the police impound yard when I was released.

Keep in mind that this was 1967,and that I was traveling on military travel orders and had my dress uniform with me. The cop that arrested me was named "Bill",and he had a MP crossed pistols tie-tac on. He KNEW I had no other choice but to go on to Bragg because I couldn't afford to be charged with AWOL.

"Bill",if you are still out there,I ain't forgot ya,buddy! I hope one day you brag to me about the 34 Plymouth you used to have. I have a little trick I want to teach you.